Gas-meter connection.



F. H. SENFBLDER.

GAS METER CONNECTION.

I APPLICIA'I'ION FILED MAY 22, 1909.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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.. Be ,it known that'I, Fmionmon Senmanna, a, citizen of the United States, residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and fitate of New Jersey, have invented o ertain Improvements in Gas Meter Gonnectionsmf;

which the; following is a specifications The objects of thisinventionere to. ro-

vide for gasmetersa ipe connection 1w ich shall benot only tigiitv and impervious] to leakage, but also strong and, abundantly able to resist the strain of poupling and, nneou ling the service and supply p es; to enab l the connection. to be attache tomand suported by the body of the gas meter, and not y the inlet and outlet tubes thereof; to thus remove strain from said inlet and outlet tubes of the meter, to secure a sim 1e and inexpensive connection, which can readily applied to a meter in impervious relation to the inlet and outlet tubes thereof, and to ob tain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description. L Referring to the accom an ing drawings, in which like numerals 0 re erence indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a gas meter provided with pipe comiections of my improved construction; Fig. 2 is a side view' of one of the connections, on larger scale, partly in section through one of its holding rivets; Fig. 3 shows the pipe connection and inlet pi e in central section on a plane perpendicu ar to the meter; Fi 4 1s a view of the pipe connection detac ed, looking at its face adapted to be a plied to the meter; Fig. 5 is a side view of tie pipe connection detached, and Fig. 6 is an end view of the connection, looking at its lower end. In said drawings, 10 indicates a gas meter of usual form having at its opposite sides inlet and outlet tubes 11, 12, respectively. These tubes are of sheet metal, as usual, cut away or open at one side and soldered to the outside 0 the meter b the longitudinal edges 9 thus formed. T e tops of the said inlet and outlet tubes, in my 1m roved construction, terminate somewhat below the top 'of the gas meter, as showninF igs. 1,2and 3. Into the upper end of each of said inlet and outlet tubes 11 and 12 is inserted the correspondingly shaped lower end of one of my improved connections 13, the upper part of the connection being cylindrical, as at 14, and hooking over the top of the gas meter. The extreme upper end of the connection is ex- [Patented Aug. a1, 1909.

:jterihrlydthreaded, as at 114, to receive the coupling of the service or supply pipes (not The entire connection 13 is one piece or casting,-and at. its opposite sides are ears 15, 15, flushwith the edges 91 of the cut-away .-lower.part of the connection and adapted to liefiat against them-side of the meter 10.

These ears. have holes v16, through which .rivets 17 are, passed into the wall 18 of the meter, whereby the connection is solidly secured tosaid wall. The joint made by the edges of the connection with the outside of the meter, and the telescopic joint'of the conmotion with the inlet or outlet tube, are then im erviously soldered.

t will be noted that In improved connection is supported by the rivets 17, so that no strain comes u on the soldered attachment of said connection to the meter and inlet and outlet ipes thereof. Coupling and uncoupling of street and house pipes to said connections will therefore have no efi'ect to loosen them from the meter and cause leakage, but a connection is provided which by its firmness and solidity will remain tight or impervious.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a meter body and a tube on the side of said body terminating short of the top edge thereof, of a connection adapted at one end to connect with said tube and at its other end to project from the meter body, and means attaching said connection between its said ends to the meter body.

2. The combination with a meter body and a tube on the side of said meter body terminating short of the top edge thereof, of a connection adapted at one end to connect with said tube and to project at its other end from the meter body, ears on opposite sides of said connection between its said ends adapted to lie against the meter body, and means securing said ears to said body.

3. The combination with a meter body and a tube on the side of said body terminating short of the top edge thereof and being cut away at its side next-to said body, of a connection having a similarly cut away end portion telescopically connecting with said tube and an entire cylindrical opposite end portion hooking over the top edge of the meter body and projecting therebeyond, and means attaching said connection between its ends to the meter body.

4. The combination with a meter body and a tube on the side of said body terminating short of the top edg' thereof and being cut awa at its side next to said body, of a connection having a similarly cut away end portion telescopically. connecting with said tube and an entire cylindrical opposite end por-- lion hooking over the top edge of the meter body and rejecting therebeyond, ears on op )osite si es of said connection between its ends adapted to lie against the meter body, and means securing said ears to Said body.

The combination with a meter body and a tube on the side of said body terminating short of the top edge thereof and being cut away at its side next to said body, of a connection having a similarly cut away end portion telescopically connecting with said tube and an entire cylindrical opposite end portion hooking over the top edge of the meter body andprojecting therelieyond, ears projecting from the edges of said cut away end portion adjacent to the cylindrical portion and lying flatwise against the meter bod and r vets through said ears and body Wu 1;

6. A pipe connection for gas meters, c01nrising a tubular body portion having con ing means at one end and being lateral? open or cutaway adjacent to its other end: and attaching ears projecting from opposite sides of said body portion intermediate of its ends.

7. A pipe connection for gas meters, con1- prising a tubular body portion having cou ing means at one end and being laterally open or cutaway on a chordal plane adjacent to its other end, said cutaway portion ending. at an abrupt shoulder in a transverse plane of the connection, and earsprojecting from the edges of the body portion adjacent to said shoulder and in substantially tne same plane with said edges.

FREDERICK ll. SENFELDER. In the presence of- RUssaLL M. E\-ERE'1'1, FRANCES E. lhlonoa'rr. 

